Few in Washington have envied Paul McNulty over the past three months. But with the deputy attorney general's resignation amid the scandal over the firings of at least eight U.S. Attorneys, there's one person whose position might be even less desirable: McNulty's yet-to-be-named successor. McNulty's replacement will confront a posse of hostile Democrats in Congress, serious questions over whether AG Alberto Gonzales will remain in place, and a dysfunctional department demoralized by its current leadership.
May 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Few in Washington have envied Paul McNulty over the past three months. But with the deputy attorney general’s resignation last week amid the scandal over the firings of at least eight U.S. Attorneys, there’s one person whose position might be even less desirable: McNulty’s yet-to-be-named successor.
“I’d rather trade places with Jose Padilla,” jokes Viet Dinh, a former senior Justice official under then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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